“Keep a spur handy.”

“Book light,” Grandma grumbles as I hurry her away from Dad’s boss and his wife. “Who the hell wantsa book light?”“Lots of people,” I say. “They are very handy things to have.”

“And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.”

“The fact that he was willing to sacrifice his own face in order to keep mine from getting bashed in”

“My mother's psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off.”

“To keep one's marriage brimming,With love in the wedding cup,Whenever you're wrong admit it;Whenever you're right, shut up." - Ogden Nash”

“Keep making noise, I prayed, laughing. Bang drums. Clamor and ring bells for I cannot stand to hear the tired beating of this almost heart.”